Scams are getting a lot more sophisticated?

[Sunny]

I get emails almost daily from various sources telling me that something had expired, my payment for something was refused, my credit card number was refused, etc. etc. I don't even bother checking any more. I just send them to my "security risk" mail folder.

Once or twice, I got one that was so believable that I called the company itself to make sure it was a scam. It always is. Makes me wonder what legitimate companies would do if they had an actual problem with a payment.

Actually, I did get one email with a message that my credit card had been refused, which was legitimate. I had changed my cc number because somebody had hacked it, this was several months ago, and I forgot to notify the company, which received payment from me once a year. I did some research and called the company to be sure it was on the level before giving them the correct number.

 

[Kadee]

I get emails almost daily from various sources telling me that something had expired, my payment for something was refused, my credit card number was refused, etc. etc. I don't even bother checking any more. I just send them to my "security risk" mail folder.

Once or twice, I got one that was so believable that I called the company itself to make sure it was a scam. It always is. Makes me wonder what legitimate companies would do if they had an actual problem with a payment.

Actually, I did get one email with a message that my credit card had been refused, which was legitimate. I had changed my cc number because somebody had hacked it, this was several months ago, and I forgot to notify the company, which received payment from me once a year. I did some research and called the company to be sure it was on the level before giving them the correct number.

I did that recently with a email I received saying the antivirus program would be renewing at a cost of $449 ( Norton )
Ive never used Norton …I use a iPad so it’s covered by Apple …anyway I phoned norton and they put me though to the technical department who was furious scammers were us in thier name in scamming people …they asked if id forward them the message I received as they vowed to track them down and put them out of business

@Sunny